It’s business as usual for Brent Flahr right now, but you could tell by his voice earlier this week, this is hardly … usual.

Flahr, Chuck Fletcher’s right-hand man for nearly nine years, is soldiering on as the Wild’s acting GM by scouting American Hockey League games and signing players to entry-level contracts or extensions all the while owner Craig Leipold is interviewing candidates to replace the man Flahr has been loyal to for most his hockey career.

Flahr got his start in Florida in the late ‘90s working alongside Fletcher when he was Bryan Murray’s assistant GM. When Fletcher moved on to Anaheim, so did Flahr. When Fletcher became the Wild’s GM in May 2009, Flahr was plucked two months later from working alongside Murray with the Ottawa Senators to become the Wild’s assistant GM.

Fletcher was informed by Leipold on April 23 that his expiring contract would not be renewed after six straight playoff berths but three straight first-round...

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